PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Roth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Franco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Roth
vs
Franco

181 cm
18
140 lbs
2 - 0 - 1

178 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Shawn Roth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Franco!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Shirou Masuda.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franco changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.

Franco shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Roth's guard.
Roth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Roth is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Roth throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Franco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Franco works over Roth with some ground and pound from guard.
Franco's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roth is striking but Franco is not phased and passes to half guard.
Franco sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Roth really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Franco wants to work for an arm triangle but Roth is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Roth looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

Roth actively working from the bottom here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Franco content to control rather than advance.
Roth missing with punches from the bottom.
Roth on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Roth on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Franco is controlling the pace.
Ground and pound from Franco.
Franco is taking a breather. Roth says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Franco slips a nice elbow through Roth's hands, connecting with Roth's forehead.
Franco working the head and body with strikes.

Roth is rocked!
Franco controlling the action here.
Oh Roth is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roth missing with punches from the bottom.
Roth has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Franco lands a nice short elbow.

Roth actively working from the bottom here.
Franco is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Roth is hurt! He's hurt bad - Franco fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Roth from any more punishment! Congratulations to Franco! Great finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Franco!